( ) Rhetorics of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn (Wesleyan University Press)( ) Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood Books)( ) The Vorkosigan Companion: The Universe of Lois McMaster Bujold by Lillian Stewart Carl & John Helfers, eds. (Baen)( ) What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid (Beccon Publications)( ) Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008 by John Scalzi (Subterranean Press)( ) No Award

[I hadn't read any of these, either. I've previously read Joss' Buffy comics, so I would assume his Serenity comics would be similar. The Buffy stuff didn't really grab me. And, while I know this is going to piss off some people, while I enjoy Girl Genius, I just don't think it's oh-my-god the greatest thing ever. I generally like Schlock Mercenary, but haven't read that much of it. Y: The Last Man looks intriguing, but I haven't actually read any of it. This general familiarity with some of the authors' works, but not any familiarity with the works in particular, seemed insufficient, so I decided not to vote in this category. Perhaps zyxwvut can lend me some help here -- you can change your ballot until 7/3.]

[I had only seen one of the works in this category, Iron Man, which of course was awesome. But I didn't feel right voting for it when I hadn't seen even one of the others, so I didn't vote. I suspect it will get the award, anyway.]

[I had seen two of the items from this category, Dr. Horrible and Revelations. My feelings about the last season of Battlestar Galactica have been made amply known. I can state definitively that Dr. Horrible was better than Revelations. But I decided that familiarity with only two of five works was insufficient, and left this one blank as well. Maybe zyxwvut can help me out a little here, too.]

[While I have a great deal of respect for both Stan Schmidt and Ellen Datlow, I don't know any of the others. Thus, I again felt that my knowledge in this category was insufficient and that others would be more qualified to vote.]

Based on your and dieppe's recommendations, I was going to go back in and vote for Dr. Horrible. But I can't see that there's any way to edit your ballot once you've put it in; you have to redo the whole thing. I just couldn't see that this was worth the trouble, especially since zyxwvut is convinced Dr. Horrible is going to win, anyway. But thanks for the advice!